Tom Block

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 In the closing days and immediate aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, George Bush made a monumental humanitarian error by calling on the Iraqi people to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Interpreting Bushs insistent and repeated calls as a promise of ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 Scott Kings debut feature Treasure Island ought to be put into a time capsule so future generations can see all of the bad things that make up what we call "independent films." Shot in an ultra-low budget black-and-white, with ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 Up at the Villa opens with a party of Anglo-American expatriates in Florence, Italy, just around the time of the 1938 Munich peace talks. The ex-pats are dancing full-tilt to a jazz band, kicking and swinging in time to ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 The fact that American cinema hasnt quite hit rock-bottom doesnt stop our directors from trying to get there, and the latest diving bell is Christopher McQuarries directorial debut The Way of the Gun. A threepenny opera of lurid plot turns, ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 What Lies Beneath, the new Robert Zemeckis supernatural thriller starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford, opens with a literal shock: Pfeiffer nearly lights herself up while messing around with a hairdryer in her steamy bathroom. The accident consists of ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 In last years Run Lola Run, German director Tom Tykwer used hopscotch editing techniques to create a galloping comic-book confection. Lola gave a hotfoot to stodgy mainstream fare, but it was also mindless (the star of the movie was ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 On its surface Dominik Molls With A Friend Like Harry looks like a European cousin of those lover/housemate/babysitter-from-Hell movies that took over Hollywood in the early 90s, in which a malignant sociopath would enter the lives of normal people ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 Charles Willeford was one of the luckiest authors ever to have his novels put onto film: few writers have seen adaptations of their work infested with so many touches of dark, indelible wit. In Monte Hellmans Cockfighter, it was ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 Click the poster to buy at Movie Goods.com It isnt hard for the average moviegoer to understand what it is that drives the title character of The Talented Mr. Ripley to murder: the ...

FilmJanuary 1, 1970 Click the poster to buy at MovieGoods.com In the summer of 1977, the City of New York underwent a massive nervous breakdown. A heat wave hit the city and broiled its citizens on the sidewalks. A ...